Play & Grow Events

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Play & Grow™ is here as a guide for parents; with resources, services and products. Resources like articles and guest posts that give you up-to-date information on a variety of child wellness topics. Services like reviewing and recommending toys and books plus free PopUP PLAY Dates at local libraries. Products like our Go PLAY Activity Cards™ that take the guess work out for parents, letting them set up engaging and meaningful PLAY.

My PLAY presentations include hands-on examples for parents; outlining ways to enrich and extend the play so children reap the most PLAY value out of the experiences. You will come away with play ideas and learning activities that you can implement at home.

Hosting a child-friendly event? RENT toys from Play & Grow™ and make it a FUNtastic event! Play & Grow™ partners with Spilt Milk Nannies to offer care for children. Let your parents enjoy your event fully–have their children cared for AND have the option to PLAY.

Children must PLAY—let me tell you the many, many reasons why you want to insure your child PLAYS…every day! Contact me to arrange the date!

Yours in Play!
Teacher Karen_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Be sure to come chat with me at the following 2019 events!

March 7-10th, 2018 Just Between Friends–Just Between Friends North America’s Leading Children’s & Maternity Consignment Sales Event™. Come on out to Pickering Barn in Issaquah and get some great deals! Though I won’t be able to be there in person this year I’ve made sure to include some items in the swag bags! Look for a special promo for JBF shoppers on my Facebook, Twitter and Instagram!

November 5th 2018 PEPS–The PEPS experience strengthens families, increases family wellness, and prepares families to cope with life stresses by creating social, thriving neighborhood-based parent groups. I’ll be meeting with the Seattle group of newborns to talk about play, temperament and share some activities to do with baby based on temperament.

October 30th 2018 Ballard Preschool Co-op’s Halloween Party–The mission of BPC is to provide a part-time structured cooperative program designed to encourage the social, emotional, physical, and mental development of young children. Sounds like just my kind of preschool doesn’t it? Yep! That’s why I’m so excited to be partnering with Spilt Milk Nannies in working BPC’s fundraising event, providing toys that’ll have kiddos busy with lots of hands-on, creating, imagination-stimulating PLAY!

September 20th 2018 The Seattle Milk Fund Luncheon–The Seattle Milk Fund empowers parents toward higher education opportunities by funding child care grants and providing family support. Play & Grow supports families as well in facilitating PLAY for their children so I was so happy to be asked to supply toys for the luncheon. Helping children PLAY? I definitely can do that!

August 18th 2018 The Kind Fest–The mission of the Kind Fest is to create a kinder world by modeling, educating, and encouraging others to action and honoring how it is already in practice. I’ll be in the Kindness tent offering children hands-on activities. PLAY fosters kindness in that children. When children PLAY together they can see situations when others might need help or are getting frustrated. This gives them a chance to show kindness by extending a hand, sharing materials or just saying an encouraging word. PLAY lays the groundwork, the foundation for everything. PLAY is a wonderful, natural way for children to learn and express KINDNESS.

July 10th 2018 PEPS–The PEPS experience strengthens families, increases family wellness, and prepares families to cope with life stresses by creating social, thriving neighborhood-based parent groups. I’ll be meeting with the Seattle group of newborns to talk about play, temperament and share some activities to do with baby based on temperament.

July 9 2018 PEPS–The PEPS experience strengthens families, increases family wellness, and prepares families to cope with life stresses by creating social, thriving neighborhood-based parent groups. I’ll be meeting with the Seattle group of newborns to talk about play, temperament and share some activities to do with baby based on temperament.

June 20th 2018 PEPS–The PEPS experience strengthens families, increases family wellness, and prepares families to cope with life stresses by creating social, thriving neighborhood-based parent groups. I’ll be meeting with the Seattle group of newborns to talk about play, temperament and share some activities to do with baby based on temperament.

June 2nd 2018 Child Safety Day—Co-sponsored by Savvy Parents Safe Kids and the Bellevue Police Department. I’m very excited to be participating in this event again as supporting the health and safety of children and our communities is very important to me! You can be sure I’ll have some hands-on activities for the kiddos to do! Here’s a picture from last year–this bub was so busy!

May 24th 2018 Pop-Up PLAY Date for Preschoolers —Held at the White Center Library. Bring your kiddo out to PLAY & GROW and learn! Creative art and sensory activities, building blocks and an interactive Story time…all FREE! I want to make sure to have enough materials so email me at TeacherKaren@PlayAndGrow.com to confirm your attendance!

April 19th 2018 Pop-Up PLAY Date for Preschoolers —Held at the Maple Valley Library. Bring your kiddo out to PLAY & GROW and learn! Creative art and sensory activities, building blocks and an interactive Story time…all FREE! Email me at TeacherKaren@PlayAndGrow.com to confirm your attendance.

March 29th 2018 Pop-Up PLAY Date for Preschoolers —Held at the Kingsgate Library. Bring your kiddo out to PLAY & GROW and learn! Creative art and sensory activities, building blocks and an interactive Story time…all FREE! The library requires a minimum number to hold the reservation so email me at TeacherKaren@PlayAndGrow.com to confirm your attendance.

March 10th 2018 Play & Grow Workshop —Held at the Bellevue YMCA. The mission of the Y of Greater Seattle is: Building a community where all people, especially the young, are encouraged to develop their fullest potential in spirit, mind and body. We live our mission daily, one person and relationship at a time. This workshop’s title “The Whys & Hows to Unplug” emphasizes the many benefits of hands-on PLAY for parents as well as gives them information and ideas to create alternatives to screen time for their young child. Children are encouraged to participate in an interactive group time followed by sensory activities. It’s all about experiencing and participating for both parent and child–sign up now!

January 25th 2018 PEPS–The PEPS experience strengthens families, increases family wellness, and prepares families to cope with life stresses by creating social, thriving neighborhood-based parent groups. I’ll be meeting with the Seattle group of newborns to talk about play, temperament and share some activities to do with baby based on temperament.Read More

October 28th 2017 Harvest Festival —Hosted by the Bellevue YMCA. The mission of the Y of Greater Seattle is: Building a community where all people, especially the young, are encouraged to develop their fullest potential in spirit, mind and body. We live our mission daily, one person and relationship at a time. Undoubtedly there will be many out for the Harvest Festival! I plan to have a couple Autumn-themed sensory activities for the kiddos to do and I know there will be treats available too–sounds like a perfect Saturday afternoon event for families!

September 28rd 2017Little Readers Cafe — Hosted by Bellden Cafe and LA-MAD in the PNW Looking forward to heading out to the Bellden Cafe for an hour of books and activities. What a fantastic Cafe to open its space to serve the community and how awesome that Laura Delmendo of la-mad arranges it! Movin’ and groovin’ askin’ and thinkin’ talking, singing, listening,…DOING! JUST the kind of things YOU can do when you’ve got your own set of Go PLAY Activity Cards™!

September 23rd 2017BabyFestNW—Hosted by KidFest. Pregnancy means big changes are a-coming! It’s definitely an exciting time–especially for grandmas like me! But it can be tough time for future siblings….come on out and see what I’ve set up for those special (little) BIG sisters and brothers-to-be.

August 23rd 2017Little Bookworms—Hosted by Seattle Nanny Network. Well there’s not much I like to do more than engage and interact with kidlets and I get to do that PLUS read stories for the Little Bookworms program at the Bravern! I already have in mind fingerplays, songs, books and follow-up activities I want to do with the kiddos…JUST the kind of things YOU can do when you’ve got Go PLAY Activity Cards!

August 19th2017Ultimate Women’s Celebration—Hosted by RozeeCheeks Organic Baby Boutique. I’m excited to be part of the 20 small, women-owned businesses that are coming together to celebrate all things women and family! What makes this event even more special is that it’s raising money to support an amazing non-profit organization, Seattle’s Union Gospel Mission program HOPE Place. All vendors donated a portion of the vendor fees to support the women AND CHILDREN of HOPE Place. In addition, you’ll have the option to direct a portion of the sale of Go PLAY Activity Cards to HOPE Place…so be sure to come on out!

August 6th 2017Northwest Family Fest—Hosted by MamaCon in collaboration with The Perfect Push. This is the perfect summer outing for families! I am looking forward to chatting with parents and kidlets—and will have free, hands-on activities for the kidlets to do as well as a free raffle for a book. Plus there’ll be a SPECIAL PROMOTION for my Go PLAY Activity Cards…You don’t want to miss this event!

June 3rd 2017 Child Safety Day—Co-sponsored by Savvy Parents Safe Kids and the Bellevue Police Department. I’m very excited to be participating in this event as supporting the health and safety of children and our communities is very important to me!

April 29th 2017 MamaCon—MamaCon’s Signature event is sure to be a hit! It can be a girlfriend, getaway full of pampering and fun or a treat for that special Mother to recharge and connect with others offering encouragement and inspiration, but most of all it’s about building a strong and connected community of women.

April 10th 2017PEPS–The PEPS experience strengthens families, increases family wellness, and prepares families to cope with life stresses by creating social, thriving neighborhood-based parent groups. I’ll be meeting with the Seattle NW moms-only group of PEPS to talk about play and share some activities to do with baby.

March 21st 2017 Encompass NW—Encompass NWserves children and families who live in the Snoqualmie Valley with early learning programs and pediatric therapy services available to all Snoqualmie Valley community members.

March 20th 2017 SnoMoms—SnoMomsis a group for parents of multiples. It offers comprehensive support to families during all stages of their multiples experience.

December 14th 2016Women’s Business Incubator—The Women’s Business Incubator is an organization to help women entrepreneurs. It offers co-working and an on-site, drop-in preschool; though originally conceived as a space for mompreneurs, dads are more than welcomed too.